Proverbs 16:30

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The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:12-14 : 12 A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things; 13 he winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, and points with his fingers; 14 he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.
  • Prov 10:10 : 10 The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.
  • Prov 16:27 : 27 A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.
  • Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish and then they plan it out.
  • Matt 13:15 : 15 For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
  • Matt 14:7-8 : 7 so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. 8 Instructed by her mother, she said,“Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
  • Matt 27:23-26 : 23 He asked,“Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently,“Crucify him!” 24 Jesus is Condemned and Mocked When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said,“I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!” 25 In reply all the people said,“Let his blood be on us and on our children!” 26 Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:12-15
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    80%

    12A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;

    13he winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, and points with his fingers;

    14he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.

    15Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.

  • Ps 36:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.

    3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

    4He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.

  • Prov 24:8
    77%

    8The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person.

  • Prov 16:27-29
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    27A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

    28A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

    29A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.

  • Prov 24:2
    76%

    2for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

  • Ps 10:7-8
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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

    8He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.

  • Prov 17:20
    75%

    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked person has put on a bold face, but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

  • Prov 10:10
    74%

    10The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

  • Prov 17:4
    74%

    4One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

  • Isa 31:2
    74%

    2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

  • Ps 50:19
    74%

    19You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

  • Prov 26:24
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    24The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.

  • Prov 10:18
    73%

    18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

  • Ps 64:5
    73%

    5They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed. They plan how to hide snares, and boast,“Who will see them?”

  • Isa 32:7
    73%

    7A deceiver’s methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.

  • Ps 52:2
    72%

    2Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

  • Job 5:13
    72%

    13He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

  • Job 15:35
    72%

    35They conceive trouble and bring forth evil; their belly prepares deception.”

  • Ps 31:18
    72%

    18May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    72%

    31The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.

  • Prov 26:26
    72%

    26Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.

  • Ps 41:6
    72%

    6When someone comes to visit, he pretends to be friendly; he thinks of ways to defame me, and when he leaves he slanders me.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.

  • Prov 17:23
    72%

    23A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

  • Ps 34:13
    72%

    13Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

  • Job 20:12
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    12“If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

  • Prov 4:16
    71%

    16For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

  • Ps 7:14
    71%

    14See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies–

  • Mic 7:3
    71%

    3They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish and then they plan it out.

  • Prov 15:28
    71%

    28The heart of the righteous considers how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

  • Ps 7:16
    71%

    16He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

  • Isa 33:15
    71%

    15The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others–

  • Prov 16:10
    71%

    10The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.

  • Job 24:15
    71%

    15And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking,‘No eye can see me,’ and covers his face with a mask.

  • Prov 1:16
    71%

    16for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

  • Ps 140:2
    71%

    2who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict.

  • Prov 2:14
    71%

    14who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;

  • Job 15:30
    71%

    30He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.